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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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searched but to no avail. im thinking about taking the halos out of my Sonars. Im just wondering if anybody has done it, or had any experience baking Sonars.

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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Why do you want to remove em?
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different look
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I'm not sure what they'd look like without em. They can be baked.
225 degrees for 10 minutes should do it.
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cool, i thought i saw one somewhere without e but i dont remember
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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Yea, the only risk is baking the LEDs to the point where they don't work, but if you're pulling them, shouldn't matter.

BTW, if you're going to do this, do a writeup. I'd love to see the guts of those halos. I wanna swap the LEDs with some superfluxes.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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will do!
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Ian, u think i could bake em at a leser temp for a bit longer to maybe not ruin the LEDs
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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your LEDS will be baked if you do
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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You could try it. PM burxbox. His sonars are colormatched, so he had to remove the lens at some point.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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im thinking mabye just getting a heat gun
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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I did it w/my sonars.
Heat gun & 2 screwdrivers work wonders.
the halos are connected via 2 screws, and are easy to take out.
underneath the halos is finished, so the look good.
I painted mine from chrome to black for ____s and giggles.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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buy any chance u take apart the projector itself?
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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I can get you a writeup for that...

I'm gonna do mine soon. You can grind down that little hump on the cutoff plate so its dead level.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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yeah when i do mine i plan to do that too
Old Feb 2, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Took mine apart last night and what a bunch of crap. My projectors are all charred and coroded on the inside. Time for some new headlights I guess.
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